Generation Y
His presentation slides are on steroids. Images fly by at breathtaking speed, punctuating nearly every other sentence. Part speech, part live rock performance, there’s not a single bullet point in sight. Tod’s timing is sharp and his energy is simply infectious.
Maybe that’s part of why Tod is a highly sought-after keynote speaker around North America and the world, including Berlin, Melbourne, Stockholm, London, Bucharest, and more.
Most importantly, the content is packed with “use-it-tomorrow” information — always customized to each specific group, using new research, live web links, industry-specific relevant examples and case studies, and done in close partnership with the meeting planner to ensure the presentation meets the exact goals needed.
Leading the Facebook Generation
How to Manage, Inspire, and Retain the Generation-Y Millennials
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In this follow-up to his massively popular presentation Recruiting the Facebook Generation, Tod Maffin will show your delegates the eight key ways your business must change if you want to engage and retain this new, young, and energetic workforce.
From developing creative benefits packages to learning an entirely new leadership model, the presentation walks you through, in plain language, the specific areas you need to focus on. You’ll see real-world case studies of what works (and examples where attempts to manage this generation went spectacularly wrong) and will walk away with an online kit of resources and notes of the presentation.
- Integrating the Generations
- Living a New Leadership and Management Style
- Rethinking Benefits and Evaluations
- Developing On-Demand Workplace Education
- Creating a Safe Space Where Innovation ‘Just Happens’
- Structuring a Team by Removing Its Structure
- Fostering Loyalty by Training Them to Leave
- The Six Reasons Millennials/Generation Y Leave Their Employer
This presentation’s format can match your meeting’s agenda — from a 60- to 90-minute keynote to a half-day seminar format. It’s aimed at human resources professionals, small-business managers, and anyone else who works with people aged 20-35. What you learn may prevent a workforce exodus.
What the Meeting Planner Said
“This event more than doubled any other event we have ever had so we were very pleased. The feedback from the evaluations provided was very positive… Everyone enjoyed Tod’s sense of humor and the way he gave the presentation. On a more personal level I enjoyed working with Tod thoroughly from the beginning with calls and emails as I was getting prepared for the event and when I met him. Tod was very accommodating and helpful. I have organized events for many years and I can honestly say that Tod has been one of the most accommodating and friendliest speakers I have ever had the pleasure to deal with.”
– Vickie Keeley, Medicine Hat HR Association
What The Audience Said
“I just wanted to let you know that I was at the Leading the Facebook Generation seminar [in Medicine Hat], and being 22, I thought you were hilarious and pretty much right on the money. I look forward to seeing another seminar should you ever come back to town!”
– Julia Jordan, Medicine Hat AB
“I really enjoyed the presentation. It was one of the best presentations I have ever been to, the information was great and you have an amazing ability in keeping the audiences attention. I have already taken a lot of what you said in your presentation and used it in my day to day communication with the older generations in my life. You are awesome. Thanks for making the stop in small town Medicine Hat!!!!”
– Lacey Amen, Medicine Hat AB
- “Very funny”
- “Look forward to more in the future”
- “Awesome!”
- “Great presentation!”
- “Excellent speaker!!!”
- “Awesome presentation; very informative; thanks”
- “Bring him back”
For more information or booking inquiries, contact Tod now.
Recruiting the Facebook Generation
Winning the New War for Talent
They’re fickle, media-savvy, highly-connected and living on the cutting-edge of technology. The Facebook generation knows that as the economy recovers, they’ll be back in the driver’s seat in the workforce in no time. Employers worldwide are scrambling to understand what makes this unique generation tick.
If your organization thinks grooming your future leadership is about placing stale ads in papers and using old-school recruiting techniques, there’s a nasty shock in store. Leading edge companies are harnessing and exploiting the powerful networking forces in social media Web sites like Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube to find and recruit the future workforce.
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In this presentation, Tod Maffin walks audiences through the minefield of challenges involved in this new world of talent management and delivers invaluable insights into the future generation of workers: where to find them, how to attract them, and, perhaps most importantly, how to keep them engaged, motivated and fully productive.
For more information or booking inquiries, contact Tod now.
Teaching the Facebook Generation
Connect with Your Gen-Y/Millennial Students Better and Teach More Effectively
How do you help Generation Y learn when they have nearly zero attention span, expect that you’ll be at least as tech-savvy as they are, and have high demands for heavy curriculum customization? There are ways — incredibly effective ways — once you understand and master next-generation teaching techniques for these Millennials. And Tod Maffin can show you them.
Among the things you’ll learn in this fast-paced and entertaining 90 minute keynote presentation:
- Exploit learners’ low attention span with TurboLessons
- Engage your students’ curiosity by using Curriculum Mashups
- Transition from being a teacher to being a guide
- What do to when a student “friends” you on a social networking site
- Navigate the subtleties of being a respected authority figure without “talking down”
- Learn the secrets behind reality TV and apply them in your classroom (without voting anyone out of the classroom!)
- Discover the unique balance Gen Y students use when multitasking — Could having music blaring actually help their cognitive development? (Answer: Yes!)
- Use low-tech to explain high-tech
- Move away from theory-teaching and more toward helping them apply skills in the real world
- The case for permitting encouraging the use of Facebook and Twitter in the classroom
What you learn in this provocative presentation will change the way you teach for years to come.
For more information or booking inquiries, contact Tod now.
What They Say
Remarkable — He Had The Audience Engaged
“Tod’s refreshing presentation on Recruiting the Facebook Generation was relevant, timely, and witty — a rare combination. A remarkable presenter, he had the audience engaged and chuckling first thing in the morning! The feedback received from our attendees was very positive; many agreed that Tod was the highlight of the day — a 9.5 out of 10!”
– Darcy Rezac, Vancouver Board of Trade
Thought-Provoking
“Maffin’s address was liberally spotted with light-hearted stories, but it was also thought-provoking. More than a few of the association’s membership were making notes for future reference.”
– Calgary Herald
Incredible Engaging and Inspiring
“Tod packed the house in both sessions and he delivered! He has an enormous wealth of expertise on the whole gamut related to social media and the Web 2.0. But content aside, he was also so incredibly engaging and inspiring as a presenter that you couldn’t help but have a fabulous time along the way. What was clear to me was that this guy is authentic. He’s passionate about what he does….and does a terrific job in engaging his audiences.”
– TGIM Work Life
For more information or booking inquiries, contact Tod now.
